Helen Elliot (20 January 1927 – 12 January 2013)
Table tennis career
Helen started playing table tennis aged 16. In 1946 she won the first of 13 consecutive Scottish Open women's singles titles and was capped by Scotland the following year.
From 1948 to 1957 she won seven medals in the World Table Tennis Championships.
The seven medals included two gold medal at the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships and 1950 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles where she partnered Gizella Farkas and Dora Beregi respectively.
She also won two English Open titles.
Personal life
She coached at Butlins Holiday Camps with
Johnny Leach. She married and became Helen Hamilton-Elliot and was President of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation.
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See also
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List of table tennis players
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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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